Improvement in vehicle-springs



A. GOODYEAR, 2d.

VEHICLE SPRING.

Patented Sept.12,1876.

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ALBERT GOODYEAR, 2D, OF HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT.

. IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 182,066, dated September 12, 1876; application filed I March 8, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT GOODYEAR, 2d, of Hamden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented cer- Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the wood and the rubber without the iron-work. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a full size per-.

spective view of the rubber employed at the spring. centers.

A B C D are four short springs of wood,

(hickory or white-ash preferred,) to the inner end of each of which is attached a bent iron plate, 0, and the springs being arranged in the order represented in Fig. 2, a block of rubber, R, having flanges r r, is placed between the inner ends of each 'pair of springs, and each pair are connected by a central connecting plate or clip, n. The sides are extended laterally. and bent outward, forming the ears E E; which inclose the rubber R, but not so closely as to prevent its elasticity. Each pair of springs are connected at the outward ends byv hinges H H, and each pair of springs and plates 0, with the connecting-clip n, are attached to a cross-head or cleat, J K,

by means of the screws 8 s, as shown in Fig. 3.

' I do not claim making springs in two parts in the center with hinges or bolts. Thisis old. Nor do I claim putting rubber on the outside of the spring, nor rubber plugs in the ipring, nor rubber on the ends of springs;

What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The block of indie-rubber R r 1', with flanges or T-shaped extensions, in combination with the inner ends of the spring, constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

ALBERT GOODYEAR, 2D. Witnesses:

AMARILLIS DooLITTLE, A. J. DOOLITTLE. 

